DISH Networkô Now Offers Charlotte, North Carolina Metro Area Local Channels Via Satellite Television

5-Apr-00

EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce that DISH Networkô will offer local WSOC-ABC (Ch. 9), WCNC-NBC (Ch. 36), WCCB-FOX (Ch. 18) and soon WBTV-CBS (Ch. 3) by satellite television to 22 counties in the greater metro area of Charlotte, North Carolina. With the addition of Charlotte, DISH Network now offers local channels via satellite TV in 27 cities and their metro areas nationwide. DISH Network will begin broadcasting WBTV-CBS by May 2000. With final passage of satellite TV legislation by Congress last December, DISH Network can now provide cable customers an affordable and complete alternative by offering local ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX network channels for a package price of only $4.99 per month. A national PBS channel can be purchased for an additional $1 per month. DISH Network also plans to offer popular independent network channels in some markets. DISH Network offers local channels to Charlotte in the following metro area counties: Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Chester, Chesterfield, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lancaster, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Union, Watauga and York. DISH Network is currently offering every cable customer a free DISH 500 satellite TV system and a free installation with a one-year commitment of only $39.98 per month in programming. This special offer is available through April 30, 2000. DISH Network's new DISH 500 satellite TV system offers local networks, as well as hundreds of all-digital channel choices using a single small dish. DISH Network offers popular sports, news, entertainment programming and dozens of premium movie channels, as well as foreign-language channels, including DISH Latino, DISH Network's comprehensive all-Spanish-language package. For more information, visit www.dishnetwork.com, or contact your local DISH Network retailer. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art DBS system with the capacity to offer customers 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming as well as fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation. DISH Network, a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation, currently serves over 3.4 million customers nationwide. DISH Network was ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite/cable TV subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates in 1999.

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